Adjustable cap



P. A. FISCHER.

ADJUSTABLE CAP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8.1919. 1,333,708.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

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ATTORNEYS P. A. FISCHER. ADJUSTABLE CAP. APPLICATWN FILED APR-8 IQIQ. 1,333,708. Patented Mar. 16,1920.

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ATTORNEYS 35 less, be readily UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP A. FISCHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' ADJUSTABLE CAP.

Application filed April 8. 1919.

To all whom it may con ern Be it known that I, Prn'ur A. Fiscnun, residin at New York, in the county of New Y ork, State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable (laps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a [n1], clear. and exact description ot the invention, suclras will enable others skilled in the art to WllH'll it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to adjustable cups and hats of improved construction, made of cloth or similar material.

In the usual manufacture of cloth caps, it

is customary to make. the caps in dil't'erent sizes, to meet the demands of the trade. This requires that the caps shall be construc'ted in a great variety of sizes, and that the dealers shall carry an extensive stock of caps of any one style, as well as caps of different styles, in order that they may provide the necessary variety, and the necessar sizes in each variety.

he present invention has for a primary object the provision of an adjustable cloth customary with caps of the usual construc tion, and so that, with a lesser number of caps of the improved construction provided by the resent invention, the necessary varlety ot styles and patterns can. nevertherovided to meet the do Inands of the tra c.

It has heretofore been proposed to make adjustable caps by making incisions or excisions in the material of this cap. and the 40 insert V shaped section or gnssets to provide the desired adjustment. It has also been proposed to provide such caps, having gussets or inserts therein, with straps secured to the cap, or extending around the cap between the sweetband and the cap fa ric The improved cap of the present invention is made adjustable without the use of gussets or inserts, and without the necessity for making gaps or excisions, unless specially required or desired, from the cap fabric. and without the necessity for extra Straps or elastic bands or sweat-hand.

The improvedcap of the present invention is constructed in much the usual way,

except that one or more of the cap seams are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

Serial No. 288.569.

left open or unfinished for a short portion of their length. or incisions are made in the rap fabric itself near the lower edge of the cap. thus leaving two adjacent portions of the cap free to move to and away from each other at the lower edge of the cap, and unitary strap projections are secured to one of the cap portions adjacent to the openseam or incision, and arranged to close such seam or incision and to extend around the cap and to be secured in an adjustable manner.

The invention will be further described in connection with the emlnnlilnents thereof illustrated in the nccom ninying drawings, but it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the specilic constructions thus illustrated and described, and that variations and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 shows, somewhat conventionally and diagrammatically and in perspective, a cap embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of part of the structure shown.in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view, with parts broken away. taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to that of Fig. 4. showing a modified construction;

Fig. 6 shows a modified construction of cap embodying the invention;

ig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line T-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. ll is a perspective view of the cap of Fig. (i, with the parts separated to better illustrate the construction;

Fig. 10 shows a. modified construction of cap embodying the invention;

Fig. 11 1s a sectional view taken on the line 1111 of Fig. 10; and

Fig. 12 shows a further modified constrnction.

The cap illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, is constructed of sections united tocther by stitching in much the usual way. Three of these sections are indicated by the reference characters 1, 2 and 3, while the cap visor is indicated by the reference character 4. One of the seams between two of til the cap sections on each side of the ca is left open and unfinished, as clearly i' ustrated in the case of the scam 5, between the sections 1 and 2. This seam 5 is sewed only as far as the point 6, and the seam is left open therebelow. The section 2 is provided with an integral extension 7. of a width suiticient to close the open seam, and this oxteip sion is carried around to the front of the cap and secured to a similar extension 7 from the other side of the cap, in any suit able manner, as by means of a buckle 8. In order to guide and confine the strap extension 7, a loop of fabric or other material 5) may he provided, as shown.

The cap is provided with a sweathand 10 which is also of much the usual construelion, but in which provision is made for so curing the desired :uljustment. As illus trated in Figs. 1 to l. thev swoalhaml is continuous around the rap. but it is provided with a loop or fold at varh of lhe open seams, so that it is capable f elongation and contraction at these points. As shoun in Figs. 2, 2i and 4, the s'm-atlraiul extends around the and 13, of flu. fahru' 1 and is socured to the strap extension. T hy means of a line cord 12. so that. as the trap i is adjusted relatively to the end l 'l any slack in the sweathand will be pulled into the spare between theloop 9 and the fabric 1. In the eonsrruction illustrated in Fig. 5, the cord 12 is omitted, and the stitching 11 is continued along the sweathand and strap 7 for a suflicient distance to assist in pulling the sh 'h of the swealhand within the loop El. ill. will be evident that the extra length of swcatband irovided for adjustnu-nt can be varied, and that any suitable provision may be made for taking up this slarli when the sweathand is not extended.

From the above description. and from the :u-rompanying drawings. it will be evident that the unitary extension 7 of tho MiLlUlli 2. can be adjusted with respect to the section .1 of the cap, so that the ize of the rap can be thereby correspondiugly increased or decreased. Moreover. it will be evident. that the adjustment is brought about at the lower edge of the cap, where it comes in contact with the head of the wearer, and that the sweatband, as well as the cap itself, is adjusted to the same extent and at the same time. During this adjustment, the point 6 which it; the end of the seam 5, acts as a pivot. about which the strap extension 7 may he considered to more, although the soft and readily adjustable fabrics of which caps are connnouly constructed, will permit the desired adjustment to he made without undue strain upon the cap, fabric. The point 6, however, may be reinforced in any suitable Way to provide extra strength at this point.

In the modified cap construction of Fige fi to It inclusive, the same or corresponding parts of the cap are indicated by the same reference characters with sullixes appended thereto. The cap illustrated in Figs. 6 to ll is of the same general construction as that of Fig. l, but the strap extension 7", is stitched lo the section 2", instead of being cut integrally therewith from the same piece of fabric. nstead of providing loops, 9, sewed to the cap, similar loops are provided by making huttonhoies, 14, in the fabric of the cap itself, and by running the strap, 7, through these buttonholes, and beneath the loop, 9, thus provided this loop correspomling to loop 9 of Fig. 1.

1n the rap construction of Figs. 6 toil, the sweathand, 10. is not made continuous, as it is in the construction .of Fig. l, but it is discontinued at the end of the fabric, 13, and it is continued beyond the end of the fabric. :4 and for a suflicient length of the strap. 7. so that it will extend beyond the point, l3, hen the cap is in its extended position of adjustment. It will thus he n ted that the sweatband is made up of two parts, one se ured to the front portion of the rap and the other secured to the back portion of the cap and extending along the straps, 7, for a port ion of their length. In this construction, as the cap is adjusted, the ends of the sweatband secured to the straps, T, will be adjusted with that. strap, relative to the sweatband portion, 10".

In Fig. 9 the strap, 7, is shown unfastoned and withdrawn from the buttonholes or loop. From this figure it will be apparent that the front portion of the cap, to \vhirh the visor, 4, is secured, can be ad justed vvith respect to the other portion ot the cap. and that the amount of this adjustment will depend upon the straps. '5.

The cap of Figs. 10 and 11 has no visor, and tlaadjustment is provided at the back of the rap, instead of at the front. The construction is similar to that above de scribed, except that the strap extensions 7 are stitched to one side of an incision 1.1.. made in the section of fabric 2", and passed through buttonholes or loops, as shown. The swea-tband is made in. two sections, much as the sweatband of Figs. (3 to 9, in-

elusive.

The cap of Fig. 12 is made with a onepiece top 12, .and formed in the manner I shown with the scams or incisions stitched" together at 13, .14, 15, etc. The strap 7 is attached to the back side of the seam on incision 13, which is left open and closed by the'stirap, and the strap then passed through-the loop or other securing device 9", much as, with the cap constructions above described.

It will be notedthat a similar adjustment is provided whether the strap projections are combined with one side of an open seam or one side of an incision and whether integral with the cap fabric or attached thereto.

It will be evident that caps, as well as cloth hats, may be made of difierent styles and oi \lili'erent shapes, embodying the invention, and that the invention is ca able of variation and adaptation to such iiferent styles and shapes. So also, the strap extensions, when attached to the cap fabric, may be of cap material, or may be of other material, such as silk or leather, which will give a desirable finish to the cap.

It will be evident, moreover, t let the cap of the present invention presents a finished and .pleasing appearance, and that it does not show any gussets or inserts. Instead, the cap does not differ appreciably from caps of the usual construction, except for the provision of the straps 7 at the front or back of the cap; and these straps may be hidden from view in caps of the construction illustrated in Fig. 6, when the ball and socket fastening on the cap and visor is fastened. When this fastener is thus fastened, the only portion of the strap 7 which will be visible will be the end portions at 1 the end of the \isol', and these portions will present no unusual or objectionable appearance, but will, on the contrary, provide a desirable finishing touch to the caps at that point.

From the foregoing description and from the aceomj'ianying drawings, it will be seen that the cap of the present invention is adjustable, within limits, so that a single cap will accommodate itsili with equal facility where cups of different sizes are required. The cap may thus he made somewhat larger or smaller, to give a cap of a particular size, or it may be enlarged or contracted by the wearer during use.

It will further be noted that not only are visible seams and inserts or gussets avoided, but that the entire adjustment iselleeted b means of integral strap projections which may be of the same nmterial as the cup or of diflerent material, and which may either be rut from the cloth as an integral projection of one of the rap sections. or separately attached thereto. The adjustment of size is ranged to exten made by the direct contact and union of the cap material with the unitary projections thereof, and not by means of accessories such as sweatbands or ussets. In other words, the adjustment is obtained by a direct action upon the cap body, and of material which maybe the same as that of the cap itself, or different therefrom as distinguished from separate attachments, which operate indirectly. The manufacture of the caps in the manner above described, with the adjustment provided by integral portions of the cap itself, and without separate attachments, enables the improved cap of the present invention to be manufactured without elaborate extra operations.

I claim:

1. An adjustable cap, provided with an opening along the lower edge thereof, a

strap extension of a width substantially.

equal to the length of said opening and attached to the cap along the edge of said opening Without overlapping the rear part 0 the cap, arranged to extend across and cover said opening and means to adjustably secure said extension to a strap extension from the other side of the cap.

2. An adjustable cap, rovided with a visor at the front portion t ereof that serves to stifi'en the same, and being further provided with an openin along the lower edge of the cap adjacent t lie end of the visor, a loop carried by the visor ort-ion, the rear part of the cap being flexi lo and provided with a strap extension of a width substantially equal to the length of said opening, arranged to extend across and close said opening and to pass through said loop into engagement with a strap extension from the other side of the cap.

3. An adjustable cap, provided with an opening along the lower edge thereof, a strap extension of a width substantially equal to the length of said opening and attached to the. rear ortion of the cap and ur- (l forwardly across said opening, and means to adjustably secure said extension to a strap extension from the other side of the cup.

Tn testimony whereof I ailix my si nature.

PHILIP A. F'TSC TER. 

